HINCKLEY United have been drawn at home in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, to Kirkley and Pakefield FC, of the Ridgeons Eastern Counties Premier Division.

HINCKLEY United have been drawn at home in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup to Kirkley and Pakefield FC of the Ridgeons Eastern Counties Premier Division.

The game on Saturday, September 26 will pit the Knitters against a team that has already won three matches to reach this stage – beating St Ives Town 2-1 in the first qualifying round, winning 4-0 against Cogenhoe in the preliminary round and beating Walsham le Willows 1-0 in an extra preliminary round replay after an initial 1-1 draw.

The Suffolk side are three steps below Hinckley in the non-league pyramid and the teams will be competing for prize money of £4,500.

Manager Dean Thomas said: “That is the type of draw that you want. If we turn up and perform as we know we can then it shouldn’t be a problem.

“But you should never take the smaller teams for granted and we have to learn from what happened with Curzon Ashton last year.”